Artificial fur



G. ROMANE ARTIFICIAL FUR Dec. 12, 1933.-

Filea'April 19. 1929 rJ m 'INVENTQR" ear es'jiamaznfl A omvsr Patented Dec. 12, 1933 v I 7 1,939,136

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE j ARTIFICIAL FUR Georges Romano, St. Mande, France Application April 19, 1929, Serial No. 356,531, and

in France April 26, 1928 I 1 Claim. (01. 139-391) A character common to most furs is to ofier fabric prepared according to this invention betwo zones of hair or fibers clearly distinct, genfore final finishing; and erally known as fiock" and dog hair. The Fig. 4 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 3 flock, constituting the base, is very thick and in which the product isfinished.

' composed of fine hair, like birds down, while the I may even subject to the same scraping oper- 80 dog hair, protruding from the fiock, is constiation a fabric the ground of which is constituted tuted by coarser hair, showing as usually irregby threads, as aforesaid but of which the part. ular projections, in more or less thick tufts with forming the plush in the first example is confrequently very variegated colourings in one and stituted by loops which, instead of being shaved o the same fur and generally different as to hue by sharp severing, will open out on being scraped from the fiock. and will form either the flock or the dog hair The object ofthis invention is to provide a depending on the length of the fibers (of said product adapted to imitate fursof the above dethreads. scribed character. The product manufactured in accordance with 15 Broadly, the product of my invention consists my invention offers the closest analogy to real of a velvet, plush or such like fabric in which fur. .As a matter of fact, said product has the either the warp threads or the weft threads or app aranc n ith r f v v t, nor 01 P u h n both the warp and the weft threads are constiof similar products imitating fur, 11 1 ha i h tuted by a textile or comprise textile fibers of appearance o produc s j t scraped w i k a such a nature that by subjecting said fabric to the essential character of fur. 7 8- s r ping. carding or similar operation said 11- In the main the product which is the object. of hers will form points or fringes of variable height y i v i n c s t of a. combination of the rising beyond the plushy or velvety ground part two kinds of tissues above referred to. and producing, in combination with the latter, a u y, Said Product y be Obtained y any 35 the desired result. weaving, crocheting, embroidering etc. means I may, for instance, obtain by weaving a. rused either separately or in combination and face having the appearance of velvet or of plush either a h hand m etc. of variable depth and thickness which will usly, I may, according to the particular constitute the fiock. The warp and the weft. r imitation fur intended to be obtained, use either either of these will be constituted by threads p v u ly dy d,p1ain or l ud d. r su j t th 8 formed by suitable textiles, hair, wool, natural p c Once d t0 Drintings, dy in 8 or artificial silk, etc., used singly or mixed. Said in s, ust i or other similar treatmentsthreads should, preferably, be either single or a e of e p o u a according to my made up with as little twist as possible, in order invention y b effected y y means used in 35 to facilitate the slipping of fibers on bei g ordinary practice on to suitable backings, as scraped; they will be more or less coarse accordhides, fabrics and WhereOn it y be Stuck, ing to the thickness desired to be obtained, and glued or Otherwise Secured. the fibers serving to make them up will b e According to another modification contemor less long, their le th m m an important plated by me, I replace someof the weft threads t according the fur to be imitatei 1 m or of the warp threads or of the comb ned warp mention, especially, that mohair gives excellent 51 weft threads, by threads of the rlnglet sort resu1ts suitably curled as shown in Fig. 1, and, broadly,

by threads 2 ofiel'ing, in combination with a core f gfi ?gfi lfij ggi figf g gf fi q fg g adapted to keep them in their form, ringlets and tree the ground thread fibers at variable heights evenly mt i we according to the effect desired to be obtained. shownm In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing appended hereto As Wm be readily realized the scraped pm Wm I have shown, as an example, two types of ringmbeyond the Plush and flock m mrmmg thus lets or curls that may be used and which, after 50 Points 11111895 015 Variable fl scraping, carding or such like operation, will 106 In the drawing: form the dog hair or outer part of the product. Fi u e 1 s ow a typ of thread that may be From Fig. 3 it will be noted that the ground of us d i accordance with the e t invention; the fabric is composed of threads 3 and 4. In Fig. 2 shows a modified form of thread; order to accomplish the purpose of the present 55 Pig. 3 is an enlarged tic view of the invention, threads 3 may correspond to either or 110 threads 1 or 2 shown in threads 5 are provided Figs. 1 and 2. Short pile as shown in the drawing. Before scraping, the fabric has the appearance diagrammatically indicated by Fig. 3 and after scraping, the hairs 6 from threads 3 appear as shown in Fig. 4. The product when finished has the appearance of real fur with hairs 6 extending above the pile threads 5.

Obviously any manufacturing means may be used for obtaining the above described product.

It may, especially, be made by weaving, crocheting, embossed or raised embroidering, or directly through sticking on any backing by means of pressing or of any other method calculated to produce a ground offering the appearance of flock and a raised surface oifering the appearance of dog hair.

It should also be noted that the part offering the appearance of dog hair may be obtained with threads of the curly kind or with straight threads such as those described in and by the specification of my main or parent patent and previously subjected to a scraping, carding or such like oper-' ation.

The use of threads of the ringlet or curly etc. kind permits of obtaining widely variable thickness watering and undulating effects etc. and if the product so constituted is put through certain treatments such as wetting, dyeing etc. straight or up haired furs are obtained.

Independent of the above indicated effects the special threads used in accordance with this invention impart to the finished product a greater I resistance to tearing out thereby ensuring greater rising above the pile threads.

GEORGES ROMANE. 

